Lot 589. A large gilt-splashed bronze censer, 17th-18th century. Width 14 in., 35.5 cm. Estimate 12,000 — 18,000 USD. Lot sold 23,750 USD. Photo: Sotheby's.

of compressed globular form below a short waisted neck with flat wide rim, supported by three short cabriole legs, flanked on each side with two loop handles issuing from animal-masks, the bronze of a dark brown patina with irregular gilt splashes, the base with an apocryphal six-character Xuande mark in relief, with wood stand and cover (3).

Provenance: Collection of Dr. Louis Livingston Seaman (1851 - 1932).
Given by Dr. Seaman to John Karl Moffett and thence by descent.
Property from a New England Collection.
Sotheby's New York, 11th September 2012, lot 188.